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The village of ancient bamboo and rattan weaving in Cu Chi Tunnels

Cloud May officially became the national costume of Le Hang in the Miss Universe 2016. Clouds take the idea of ​​"beauty derived from the simplicity" and use the familiar folk materials.

Clouds on the international beauty arena

Mây Mây attracts the idea of ​​"beauty derived from simplicity" and from the folk materials, familiar to the traditional village wicker bamboo. The fishes look like rice paddies, which are combined and form a lotus flower depicting an agro-forestry country with culture and customs that are difficult to mix with any country. in the area. Wicker art is shown through the attire demonstrating the potential for improvement and breakthrough in all aspects of traditional handicrafts in Vietnam.

Event - Le Hang ethnic clothing at Miss Universe 2016 made from rattan

Le Hang's national costume at the 2016 Miss Universe is a design called Nang May.

To complete this work, Trung Tin encountered many difficulties in every stage of implementation. Especially, the calculation of the costume structure so that each piece matched, matched with each other, and the material of bamboo and rattan really exudes a distinctive beauty. During the process, Trung Tin must continue to go to locations such as Hoc Mon, Binh Duong to carry out weaving products like shape, size desired.

In the Vietnam War, Cu Chi District, 60km from Saigon, is known as the "steel border" of communist militants. Today, this land is constantly attracting tourists with underground tunnel system 250 km long.

However, some visitors to the "steel border" not only see underground tunnels, national specialties, but also to learn about the district's textile trade, famous throughout the South. About beautiful and durable products.

Local elders say people here have declared this trade for more than a century. They also said that only about 30 years ago, nearly 50 percent of households in Cu Chi were involved in weaving rattan and bamboo.

Raw materials are collected at the sites in the commune.

In recent decades, the villages of Cu Chi have seen many people quit because of low wages. The reason is that hand-woven bamboo products can not compete with plastic and metal products for the same function.

The Cu Chi rattan and bamboo handicraft villages have declined steadily. According to Nguyen Van Hung, Chairman of Thai My Farmer Association, today, only Thai My commune (only 300 out of 3,300 households of Cu Chi). Most Thai households live in My Khanh, Binh Ha and Cau Tram.

Some households have used split machines in the production process.

Through the process of socio-economic development, the competition of plastic and other materials made the villages gradually clustered and only woven in Thai My. At the same time, the following generations in Thai My village gradually quit his father's job to find a job with a more stable income.

In fact, there are only about 300 households still attached to the profession, accounting for about 10% of the total population in the commune. Due to the low income, the small-scale production households only bring about 2-3 million VND per month. Establishments specializing in producing and supplying raw materials for export, the income of workers is about 5 million per month.

In Thai My commune, there are not only two famous products, namely, nia and baskets, but also baskets, baskets and baskets. At the same time, they are considered "monopoly" in the production of bulbs. Chi, because there is no place to be competitive in terms of technology and quality.

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Customers here from the South West is the main, to Thai American order and follow the boat to the bottom under the termination for agents. Because of the lack of bamboo, the Mekong Delta is not able to produce these products, mainly in Thai My. The consumption market, baskets, baskets need to tear so that quite wide and also development prospects.

Here, the house which has land is bamboo, the tree grows around the garden, in the field, to meet the needs of raw materials production on the spot. When we need knitting material, people will be able to choose trees of sufficient age (on average about 5 years) and size of trees in line with the type of products they produce, then cut down and perform various stages to create raw materials. whether.

According to the knitting process such as chopping, sawing, stitching, splitting, weaving finished products, finally finished products. The types of nong, nia, basket here are knit by architecture, requiring more technical and aesthetic. Ms. Nguyen Thi Ba, sugarcane tree, My Khanh A hamlet, said a skilled worker must also knit a week to complete the basket. A worker can do the amount of a day depending on the type of product and skill.

Worrying that the trade could go extinct, the board of Thai My Commune helped the households borrow money to buy materials and encourage the local people.